How to Make a Chewbacca costume

In honor of Star Wars:Dark Side signups today, I decided to share with you how I made a Chewbacca costume last January for Star Wars: light side!

SUPPLIES NEEDED:

• Brown shirt
• Brown bottoms with fur (I found a random kids scarf at the dollar store and used it as a belt)
• Brown socks (I couldn't find brown compression socks so I wore compression sleeves under brown dress socks) 
• Chewbacca bag (I made mine out of brown duct tape, poster board and gray foam board) 

STEPS FOR THE CHEWBACCA BAG: 

1. Cut poster board x2 to fit over your shoulder
2. Duct tape two pieces together and cover them in brown duct tape
3. Cut foam board into squares to represent the bullets. I had gray foam board so I didn't have to color those. If you can't find gray, you will need duct tape to cover the pieces
4. Tape them down with brown. You may need to double up on tape and tape on both sides
5. For the bag, cut the poster board into either a circle or square. I first tested it out with paper to make sure I liked the size.
6. Fold 3/4 down to make flap
7. Tape the bag with brown duct tape
8. Tape the flap down so it will not move
9. Tape all the pieces together

Very lightweight and easy to run with and it didnt move!! 

supplies needed

the strap taped together

the squares close up

my paper template for the bag

gray pieces taped on the brown